Redemption Quotes

“Life hinges on many factors we cannot control. Two of the most important factors, we can control. We can manage our relationships-and what is life but a series of relationships?-and we can correct our mistakes, here on earth within our life span.”
― Leon Uris, Redemption

“To be homeward bound, no matter what tragic memories you have harbored, is unlike any voyage a man can ever make.”
― Leon Uris, Redemption

“All men have a measure of cowardice in them. I learned that love of one's mates can overcome your fears. I learned that every survivor of this horror must try to live a good life because he lives for many men.”
― Leon Uris, Redemption

“Sin? What is sin inside the dynamic of family relationships? It is a mystery that began with man. No one can solve it except through his own unique experience. How you feel is human. But do not think it will leave you alone. We are never free of our blood.”
― Leon Uris, Redemption: Three Extraordinary Irish Families on an Epic Odyssey of Love and Freedom in WWI

“Likewise, Nothing is generally what prospectors find. Nothing is in the head of politicians. “We must try to understand oft-misunderstood philosophers who actually do Nothing, think Nothing, and say Nothing, because he who does Nothing can do Nothing wrong. He who thinks of Nothing day and night plants no evil and Nothing offends no one.” “I want you to defend me if I need a lawyer,” Conor said. “On what charges?” Theo asked. “Nothing,” Conor said. “I’ll have you out in no time flat.”
― Leon Uris, Redemption: Three Extraordinary Irish Families on an Epic Odyssey of Love and Freedom in WWI

“God figured out when he separated us from the rest of the creatures that if we have the power to reason and justify and make decisions, then we are going to make a lot of mistakes passing through. Big, big, big mistakes. God understood that, then gave us the ultimate human power, the power of redemption.”
― Leon Uris, Redemption: Three Extraordinary Irish Families on an Epic Odyssey of Love and Freedom in WWI

“If you’re Irish enough, you can go an entire lifetime filled with conversations that never took place, like those”
― Leon Uris, Redemption: Three Extraordinary Irish Families on an Epic Odyssey of Love and Freedom in WWI

“Loyalty is a sentiment, not a law. It rests on love, not on restraint. The governing of Ireland by England rests on restraint and not on love; and since it demands no love, it can evoke no loyalty.”
― Leon Uris, Redemption: Three Extraordinary Irish Families on an Epic Odyssey of Love and Freedom in WWI